The B&W processing conjures a dour, very gritty atmosphere: an end-of-the-world (EOW) homage to the 21 December Mayan myth enveloping some of the programming on several cable TV channels as of late. The 1971 Charlton Heston movie comes to mind as well.

I would very much be interested to see the unprocessed photos. I hope they portray less darkenened-ness to an area that I wish to visit one day.

0dBm, I'll dig a few more images out sometime. We were there at the end of winter - very grey and rainy & cold, so mono suited it perfectly. But like most of NZ, it is amazingly beautiful in the summer. Despite the weather, we had a ball - watched the penguins come in from the sea, skirting around seals lazing about. The steampunk train blows fire & smoke & makes a heap of noise. Also checked out a cheese factory. That shot with the penny farthing bike - we were too late in the day for much else , but normally much of the historic dock area is open with all sorts of interesting activities. A fascinating place.

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